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Kim Ji Won and Lee Jong Seok Courted for 2018 K-drama See You Again

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2018 by ockoalaApril 17, 2018
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Both of these young actors have come a long way since their sitcom days and may be reunited this year in an interesting drama project. Lee Jong Seok and Kim Ji Won have been offered the lead roles in the Netflix produced K-drama called See You Again. It’s described as a youth romance drama by the writer of Oh My … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Lee Jong Seok, See You Again

Rain is the Typical K-drama Leading Man Cop with a Gun in First Stills from Sketch

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 17, 2018 by ockoalaApril 16, 2018
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Who else has a sense of deja vu seeing the first drama stills from the upcoming jTBC supernatural-tinged police thriller Sketch. Of course the first stills are of leading man Rain but I legit felt like I was either seeing a more scruffy version of Rain’s character in Fugitive: Plan B or Rain photoshopped into one of the many pictures … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Rain, Sketch

Seo Hyun Jin Considering the Female Lead Role in K-drama Version of Body Changing Movie The Beauty Inside

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2018 by ockoalaApril 16, 2018
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This is a good choice both for the production and for K-actress Seo Hyun Jin if she ends up accepting. She’s considering the lead role in the K-drama remake of the fantasy romance Korean movie The Beauty Inside, also known as the movie with half the Korean acting population doing cameos in. The movie had the male lead wake up … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Seo Hyun Jin, The Beauty Inside

Lee Min Ho Still Looks Like a Hottie in Army Fatigues From Basic Training

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2018 by ockoalaApril 16, 2018
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K-actor Lee Min Ho has been serving his military enlistment for over a year now but he’s finally donning the army fatigues after going in for basic training last month. I’d say army private Lee Min Ho is about as believable as all the hottie oppas before him but then we all accepted military genius god Song Joong Ki in … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Lee Min Ho

Lee Sung Kyung and Lee Sang Yoon Present a Lovely Contrast in First Stills for tvN Drama About Time

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 16, 2018 by ockoalaApril 15, 2018
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I’m moderately interested in upcoming tvN Mon-Tues romance fantasy drama About Time, but it sounds a bit like Tomorrow With You and I was underwhelmed with that so I don’t want to jinx it. About Time stars Lee Sung Kyung and Lee Sang Yoon as the leads, she will the ability to see the time clock of every person, i.e. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged About Time, Lee Sang Yoon, Lee Sung Kyung

SBS Drama Greasy Melo Gets Dorky Cute English Title Wok of Love and Drops Food Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2018 by ockoalaApril 16, 2018
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Hahahaha, I gotta give SBS credi for going from one hilarious odd drama title to an even more hilarious and odd English version. Upcoming SBS Mon-Tues drama with the Korean title Greasy Melo will henceforth be known as Wok of Love in English. I love it, the wok is a traditional Chinese cooking implement and the word melo as used … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Greasy Melo, Wok of Love

Suits Drops Full Cast Drama Poster and Releases First Episode Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2018 by ockoalaApril 15, 2018
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The’re a bunch of new K-dramas arriving this month but not until the end of April, and the first of those will be KBS Wed-Thurs arrival Suits taking over from Mystery Queen 2. The drama released a full cast poster adding the supporting leads to the male bromance duo of Park Hyung Sik and Jang Dong Gun, giving them an … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Gun, Park Hyung Sik, Suits

Ha Ji Won Regal in Blue at the KBEE 2018 Media Event

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2018 by ockoalaApril 14, 2018
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The hair growing out phase is usually the most awkward but when it comes to K-actress Ha Ji Won‘s short bob cut last year for MBC drama Hospital Ship I can’t be done with it fast enough. She needs the longer hair to frame her strong features but a longer shoulder length bob isn’t that bad as an in-between look … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ha Ji Won

A Pink Member Namjoo Trending Over K-portals After Debuting Very Different Face

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2018 by ockoalaApril 14, 2018
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This is like watching a slow motion train wreck in GIF form and being unable to look away. The K-ent search engines and news portals lit up a few days ago in unison after girl group A Pink made a media appearance and member Namjoo appeared looking completely and objectively awful. It wasn’t bad makeup or outfit, it was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged A Pink, Namjoo

Filming Starts for jTBC Medical Drama Life with Lee Dong Wook and Jo Seung Woo

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2018 by ockoalaApril 14, 2018
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I have high hopes for upcoming jTBC medical drama Life, as always the standard to try and reach remains the classic White Tower which recently MBC re-aired and still got ratings. Life centers around a hospital with doctors played by Lee Dong Wook, Jo Seung Woo, Won Jin Ah, and Moon So Ri among a crazy talented supporting cast. The … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jo Seung Woo, Lee Dong Wook, Life, Won Jin Ah

Song Seung Heon and Krystal in Talks for Upcoming Conman Heist Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2018 by ockoalaApril 13, 2018
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This is too funny not to wonder if the K-drama gods were playing a joke and pulling the strings. After Song Seung Heon and Go Ara did the grim reaper police drama Black last year (which I loved!), she went off and got paired with L (Kim Myung Soo) for their upcoming drama Miss Hammurabi. I laughed because Go Ara is … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Krystal, Song Seung Heon

Yoon Eun Hye and Park Shi Hoo Movie After Love Sets April 2018 Release Date

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2018 by ockoalaApril 13, 2018
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The timing is probably as good as it gets to dust an shelved movie off and recoup some investment by releasing it. News today revealed that the romance weepy Korean-Chinese collaboration movie After Love with Yoon Eun Hye and Park Shi Hoo, filmed all the way back in 2014, will be released at the end of the month in April … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged After Love, Park Shi Hoo, Yoon Eun Hye

Lee Bo Young and Child Actress Heo Yul Represent Mother Nominated for Cannes Best International Series Award

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 13, 2018 by ockoalaApril 12, 2018
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South Korea sent some of its finest to France for the 2018 Cannes International Series. The tvN drama Mother (Call Me Mother) was nominated along with other international television shows for Best International Series. Mother is the only Asian nominee in the category of ten so this is a high honor indeed. The production team along with leads Lee Bo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Heo Yul, Lee Bo Young, Mother

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